FC's play-off task made all the harder but one piece of history points in the club's favour

LOSS OF ASIATA FOR SEASON IS A HUGE BLOW

- By DAN TOMLINSON

THE loss of John Asiata for the rest of the season is a massive sucker punch for Hull FC, but it's nothing they haven't already dealt with before this year.

In fact, they have copped their fair share of big injuries throughout the season, but they have kept fighting every week no matter what has been thrown at them.

And while the loss of Asiata, suffering a fresh hamstring injury just two games into his comeback, is a big blow, the same message and the same mentality are already stemming from the club, who will roll their sleeves up and get on with it as they have all year.

Dealing with adversity, Hull, who are continuing to strive for improvement in every area and will invest further in all of their performance departments, have done it tough since round two when they lost Ligi Sao for the season - an injury that saw them go out and sign Liam Knight, who is now also out for the year.